The US Fed looks set to launch QE3 soon, but a third injection of the same medicine is unlikely to be anywhere near as effective as the first two in supporting the prices of equities or commodities. US Treasury yields should still fall further, although this could be despite rather than because of QE3. The prospects for gold and the dollar will also be influenced far more by developments in the euro-zone.
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